Product Description

Over the years, one of the greatest challenges facing drum pedal manufacturers has been to provide a pedal that "does it all". Or at the very least, focuses on the most critical features that drummers absolutely demand to enhance their performance. A difficult task, by any means. By today's standards the two most important features desired are speed and power. With most pedals, if you adjust the playability to address speed, you can sometimes lose power. And if you focus primarily on the feeling of power, you sometimes lose the desired speed. Now, the rules have changed. Tama has an ergonomically-designed pedal that delivers not only pure raw aggression and power, but lightening fast speed!

Speed Cobra's overwhelmingly fast action is a result of several recently developed mechanisms such as the Fastball Bearing and LiteSprocket. Plus, the Projector Beater gives your bass drum sound increased projection and richer resonance. The recessed footboard angle, combined with the Super Spring, allows you to play incredible dynamics and fluid speed without experiencing muscle strain. Speed Cobra's smooth and stable action is based on the Iron Cobra's prominent heritage and allows you to play every possible delicate nuance to create your own personal playing style.

Fast Foot

A specially designed pedal board for the Speed Cobra series. By designing the footboard longer than Iron Cobra, it rapidly accelerates the power and speed of the beater stroke, with less physical effort than ever before. Additionally, the smoother playing surface reduces friction between your foot and the footboard, allowing more precise control and flexibility.

Recessed Setting

To continuously play fast passages, your pedal action has to feel light for less stress and muscle fatigue. The Recessed Setting position makes it possible to achieve a perfect balance between the natural playing feel of the Chain Drive's motion and lighter action. Also, by changing the bearing's framework structure, this produces less stress on the Fastball bearing and makes a huge difference in the total feel. As a result, about 20% less exertion is required to produce the same result in power and feel found in existing current models.

FASTBALL Bearing

Created based on the super accurate bearing used in PC hard drives, ABS systems in automobiles, and so on. This ultra-precise machine technology produces highly accurate revolving movement and high durability in even the toughest environment.

LiteSprocket

We adopted the true round shaped "LiteSprocket" for natural feel and smooth action. Compared with Iron Cobra's sprocket, this version decreases its weight by 40%. It revolves naturally and smoothly, providing a lighter feel.

Projector Beater

Specially designed for the Speed Cobra to give the bass drum more sound projection and rich resonance. The convex head shape focuses the power generated by the beater stroke's action to the smaller surface area. This angel gives you a more focused attack and punchy sonic penetration. Rotate the beater head for larger surface contact and get a fatter sound with extremely powerful volume.

Super Spring

The Super Spring needs less exertion in the beginning of pedal action. When the beater rebounds from the bass drumhead, you can easily feel a quicker response, and by adjusting the Cobra Coil underneath the footboard, you can acquire a smoother feel.

Features

Cobra Coil

The Cobra Coil is a steel spring which assists in the return of the footboard to its original position, so the feel of Speed Cobra becomes even more unreal. Even better, the Cobra Coil can be adjusted to different positions, forward or backward, on the base plate.

Oiles Bearing Hinge

Offering even more durability than standard ball bearing, Oiles bearings also eliminate side-to-side motion and provide superior durability (which is why they're used in the aerospace industry). (Oiles bearings is a registered trademark of the Oiles Co., Ltd.)

Vari-Pitch Beater Holder

Vari-Pitch beater angle adjustments are completely independent of the footboard angle. The Speedo-Ring allows you to adjust the angle of the footboard link independently of the beater angle. And with the combination of the Speedo-Ring and the Vari-Pitch, you can achieve any kind of stroke and enjoy improved playability.

Par-Clamp II

The Para-Clamp keeps your pedal flat on the floor no matter what your bass drum angle. The Para-Clamp is tightened from the side so you never have to insert your finger under the footboard. And since you can clamp your pedal to hoops up to 14mm (9/16 inches) in thickness, Iron Cobra will fit just about any bass drum in the market.

Speedo-Ring

Tama eliminated another source of friction by replacing the traditional nylon rocker cam with the Speedo-Ring, a rocker cam with a high quality built-in ball bearing rocker. The Quick-Hook not only allows for easy set up and tear down but provides a compact pedal that you can place in the hard case without taking off the beater.

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"Mother of God..."

Sound:
Nice punch from the pedal no matter where you place your foot on the board. Extremely nice and direct sound. I always found it difficult with my Iron Cobra Jr's to get a nice even sound between the slave and master pedals, and with this pedal its perfect right out of the box.
Feature:
The cobra coil is something I thought would be clunky and get in my way, but it actually doesn't and you don't even notice its there, other than the fast return of the foot boards. The longboards are nice, I have never played on long boards before but I have a size 14 shoe and the difference is very noticeable from my last pedals. The Speed rings used to attach the tension springs is extremely fast for on the go adjustments and takes the hassle out of spring tension
Ease of Use:
Having played a basic double pedal for years, I feel like this pedal added 2 years of experience to me. Its so much easier to get good quality hits, and the slave pedal is just as responsive as the master, not a single difference in sound quality like I had with my Iron Cobra Jr's
Quality:
Extremely sturdy pedal, all the parts seem heavy duty, and since this is the top of the line pedal from Tama, I would expect it to last forever since my Iron Cobra Jr's which are the bottom range from them lasted for 6 years and finally I stripped the bearings out of them after heavy abuse from my giant feet for so long. The only reason I gave this 4.5 stars is the case it came in, when I first opened it, the latch broke off, but its not a huge deal to me because I don't plan on traveling with it since I am a hobby drummer.
Value:
$400 for a pedal this great, you really can't beat it, especially when camparing it to some $600-$700-even $900 dollar pedals. Pay as you play makes it even easier to get.
Manufacturer Support:
I haven't dealt with Tama personally, but their products are top notch.
Overall:
I upgraded from a Iron Cobra Jr. double pedal after 6 years to these SpeedCobras and oh my goodness

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